The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-04
EARTHQUAKE in EUROPE.
ice and Eany Cities on tho Cuff Of Geuol
Partially Destroyed by Earthquake
Shocks.
1 Large Number Of People Killed and injured,
Three Hundred Perlshing at CrevO
Alone.

ROME, Feb. 23.-Two shocks of earth
make we're felt at Nice at 6 o'clock this
morning. Houses rocked, walls cracked and
n some cases frail tenements were thrown
O the ground. The people rushed from their
,ouses and fell upon their knees in the
treets, praying for deliVerance from
hidden death. Visitors to the city nave
,ecome thoroughly frightened and are leav-
ng the place. Many persons were injured
" falling debris. Much alarm is felt lest
here be a recurrence of the shocks. The
prince of Wales, Who was at Nice a few days
100 witnessing the festivities which precade
he Lenten season, had taken his departure
md was at Cannes. Shocks were also felt al
Monte Carlo and Monaco, at which places
hey were so severe that rocks were detached
rom the cliffs and precipitated into the sea-
The distur Dances extended as far as Geneva.
There were many casualties at Nice. Two
houses, one in st. Etienne street and one in
It. PHILIPPE street, and the Maison Bourke
we're destroyed. Three persons are buried
n the ruins. There wal also a slight shock at
darseiIles this morning. The walls of a nam.
Der Of housesin that city were cracked Shocks
we're also felt at Leghorn and Milan and
}eV6THl pldCGb III VIC pEONluCO VI OGuUu,
italy. Two violent shocks were felt at Tou.
on at 6 o'clock The first shock was of fit.
zen seconds and the second of thirteen sec
)ndA The movement was from west to
EAST At Cannes three shocks were felt at
he same hour. The first shock, which was
Tery violent, lasted for a minute, The sec
md and third shocks were not so severe as the
irst Many persons at this place rushed to
he seashore for safety. Nobody was in.
ured. At Avignon three shocks were ex-
oerienced between 6 and 8 o'clock. The
irst shock was very severe and awakened
everybody in the place. Several shocks were
}elt at Geneva at 6 o'clock. At the time of
he earthquake at Nice the Riviera was
rOwded with English and American tourists
md persons of distinction. When the first
Ihock occurred the streets were thronged
with persons in ball room costumes, return
ng to their homes from the last carnival sea-
son. To these the earthquake came with
peculiar terrors. The shocks were felt with
yreat severity at Savona, GEAR Genoa, and q
lumber of houses were wrecked anC
eleven persons were killed at that place.
FAR WORSE.
The earthquake this morning devastated
The whole of the Italian Riviera. At Noli,
On the gulf of Genoa and not far from
5avona, several houses fell and fifteen per,
sons were killed. Six were killed and thirty
INJURED at Oneglia, also on the gulf of Genoa
Az Diano-Marino, near Oneglia, scores Of
people were killed and hundreds injured
Fully one-third of the town was destroyed
A second and severe shock has occurred IL
Genoa, Ravia, Lucca, Cuneo, Alhizola, Porto,
Maurizio, Oneglia and Noli. At Savona eight
persons we're killed and fifteen other
injured. Immense damage was done to
property. Further details from the RIVERS
Increase the disaster. At Crevo, near Diano.
Marina, 800 persons were killed by being
buried in the ruins of falling buildings
hallway traffic Is suspended beyond SaVona
The prisoners in the government jail al
Finalbergo, alarmed by the earthquake, at
tempted to escape but were overcome by
5he guards An official dispatch from Canrrt
says that no injury was done to life or pip
ETY. there, but that a great panic prevails
At Genoa the shock was very violent The
iucal palace and many houses were sert
ously damaged There was an enormous
crowd at Carlo Felice theater to witness a
gala performance. The greatest alarm pre-.
vailed when the shock came, At Turin the
churches suffered severely. In the neigh.
oOrhood of Doordigera many houses fell
killing the inmates
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